It was a normal play in the flow of the game. Tobias Harris brought the ball up the floor and passed to Joel Embiid on the right wing. Embiid rifled it right back to Harris and set a screen for him. After Harris was cut off on the right-handed drive, he immediately threw the ball back to Embiid.
They went through the entire dance again. Embiid rifled the ball right back to Harris, who came off another screen from the big man. This time, Harris was moving toward the center of the floor. Embiid made better contact on the screen, which allowed Harris to drive at Robin Lopez. Harris dumped the ball off to Embiid, who had a runway to load up and dunk on Garrison Mathews with the level of force that perhaps no other player in the league can match.
The play was the perfect encapsulation of a few positive trends.
